Grevillea aquifolium
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| Habit | shrub
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| Height: | ⇕ | 6 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 6. |
| Width: | ⇔ | 6 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 6. |
| Bloom: | ❀ | early spring, mid spring, late spring, early summer, mid summer, late summer |
| Exposure: | ☼ | sun |
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| Features: | ✓ | flowers |
| USDA Zones: | 8 to 9 | |
| Flower features: | ❀ | red, pink |
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Grevillea aquifolium or Holly Grevillea is a shrubby or scrambling plant endemic to South Australia and Victoria. In occurs naturally in woodland, open forest and heathland.
The height of the shrubby forms usually ranges between 1 and 2 metres, while prostrate forms are also observed in their natural distribution . The flowers occur in terminal one-sided racemes, typical of what are commonly referred to as "toothbrush" grevilleas. They are red or occasionally yellowish-green. The foliage is usually lobed with sharp points on the lobes.
Forms
A number of naturally-occurring forms have been brought into culivation, including the following:
- Carpenter Rocks form
- Halls Gap form
- Little Desert form
- Serra Road form